Bill Moyers | The Journal: Lincoln's Legend & Legacy Lincoln's Legend & Legacy with Sam Waterston. Lincoln's Legend & Legacy with Sam Waterston. (51:52)

Chapter(s) 1 - 2 of 2

• 1. 1.Lincoln's Legend and Legacy,
  2. 2.Waterston & Holzer on Lincoln

• Duration: 51:52
  Copyright Public Affairs Television
  TV Rating: E
  

American Experience | Walt Whitman | Desperate to Connect Whitman attempts to bolster press for the fir... Whitman attempts to bolster press for the first edition of Leaves of Grass to no success. (11:05)

• Duration: 11:05
  Copyright 2007 WGBH Educational Foundation
  TV Rating: TV-PG
  

American Experience | Walt Whitman A biography of Walt Whitman, of the most-reco... A biography of Walt Whitman, of the most-recognized figures in American literary history. (1:38:33)

Chapter(s) 1 - 11 of 11

• 1. 1.Introduction,
  2. 2.Escape to New York,
  3. 3.Captured by the City,
  4. 4.Slavery and the Coming Crisis,
  5. 5.Leaves of Grass,
  6. 6.Desperate to Connect,
  7. 7.A Call for Affection,
  8. 8.The Civil War,
  9. 9.Drum Taps,
  10. 10.His Life's Work,
  11. 11.Credits

• Duration: 1:38:33
  Copyright 2007 WGBH Educational Foundation
  TV Rating: TV-PG
  

American Experience | Walt Whitman | Escape to New York After growing up in Long Island, Whitman flee... After growing up in Long Island, Whitman flees to New York to become a writer. (4:59)

• Duration: 4:59
  Copyright 2007 WGBH Educational Foundation
  TV Rating: TV-PG
  

American Experience | Walt Whitman | Slavery and the Coming Crisis After witnessing the horror of a slave auctio... After witnessing the horror of a slave auction Whitman begins a search for a poetic voice. (11:54)

• Duration: 11:54
  Copyright 2007 WGBH Educational Foundation
  TV Rating: TV-PG
  

American Experience | Walt Whitman | A Call for Affection Whitman gets involved with the turn-of-the-ce... Whitman gets involved with the turn-of-the-century Bohemian scene and falls in love. (13:18)

• Duration: 13:18
  Copyright 2007 WGBH Educational Foundation
  TV Rating: TV-PG
  

American Experience | Walt Whitman | Drum Taps After the war ends, he writes a poem about th... After the war ends, he writes a poem about the suffering of men caused by war. (8:35)

• Duration: 8:35
  Copyright 2007 WGBH Educational Foundation
  TV Rating: TV-PG
  

American Experience | Walt Whitman | His Life's Work Walt Whitman dies in 1892, leaving behind not... Walt Whitman dies in 1892, leaving behind nothing except his book, Leaves of Grass. (13:36)

• Duration: 13:36
  Copyright 2007 WGBH Educational Foundation
  TV Rating: TV-PG
  

American Experience | Walt Whitman | The Civil War Leaves of Grass does not have the effect Whit... Leaves of Grass does not have the effect Whitman hoped it would on the quarreling nation. (8:18)

• Duration: 8:18
  Copyright 2007 WGBH Educational Foundation
  TV Rating: TV-PG
  

American Experience | Walt Whitman | Introduction The biography of famous American poet Walt Wh... The biography of famous American poet Walt Whitman. (3:11)

• Duration: 3:11
  Copyright 2007 WGBH Educational Foundation
  TV Rating: TV-PG